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European Parliament 2014-2019

Plenary sitting

A8-0135/2016

12.4.2016

REPORT

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the

European Union for the financial year 2014, Section I – European Parliament

(2015/2155(DEC))

Committee on Budgetary Control

Rapporteur: Markus Pieper

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1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION .......................................... 3

2. MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ........................................ 5

RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ........................................... 27

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1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European

Union for the financial year 2014, Section I – European Parliament

(2015/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 20141,

– having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the

financial year 2014 (COM(2015)0377 – C8-0200/2015)2,

– having regard to the report on budgetary and financial management for the financial

year 2014, Section I – European Parliament3,

– having regard to the Internal Auditor’s annual report for the financial year 2014,

– having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the

budget for the financial year 2014, together with the institutions’ replies4,

– having regard to the statement of assurance5 as to the reliability of the accounts and the

legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors

for the financial year 2014, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of

the European Union,

– having regard to Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the

European Union,

– having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general

budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/20026,

and in particular Articles 164, 165 and 166 thereof,

– having regard to the Bureau decision of 27 April 2005 on the Internal Rules on the

implementation of the European Parliament’s budget7, and in particular Article 13

thereof,

– having regard to the Bureau decision of 16 June 2014 on the Internal Rules on the

implementation of the European Parliament’s budget8, and in particular Article 22

1 OJ L 51, 20.2.2014.

2 OJ C 377, 13.11.2015, p. 1.

3 OJ C 247, 28.7.2015, p. 1.

4 OJ C 373, 10.11.2015, p. 1.

5 OJ C 377, 13.11.2015, p. 146.

6 OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

7 PE 349.540/Bur/ann/fin.

8 PE 422.541/Bur.

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thereof,

– having regard to Rule 94 and Rule 98(3) of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0135/2016),

A. whereas the President adopted Parliament's accounts for the financial year 2014 on 8

July 2015,

B. whereas the Secretary-General, as principal authorizing officer by delegation, certified,

on 18 September 2015, his reasonable assurance that the resources assigned for the

Parliament's budget have been used for their intended purpose and in accordance with

the principle of sound financial management,

C. whereas Article 166(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 requires each Union

institution to take all appropriate steps to act on the observations accompanying the

Parliament’s discharge decision,

1. Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the

European Parliament for the financial year 2014;

2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution forming an integral part

of it to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their

publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

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2. MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the

implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014,

Section I – European Parliament

(2015/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the

general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section I – European

Parliament,

– having regard to Rule 94 and Rule 98(3) of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0135/2016),

A. whereas in his certification of the 2014 final accounts, Parliament's accounting officer

stated his reasonable assurance that the accounts present a true and fair view of the

financial position of Parliament in all material respects and that no issues requiring a

reservation have been brought to his attention,

B. whereas, through its audit, the Court of Auditors concluded that the audit did not

identify any significant weaknesses in the selected systems and annual activity reports

of the institutions and bodies,

C. whereas, in accordance with the usual procedure, a questionnaire was sent to the

Parliament's administration and replies were received and discussed by the Committee

on Budgetary Control, in the presence of the Vice-President responsible for the Budget,

the Secretary-General and the Internal Auditor,

D. whereas there is permanent scope for improvement in terms of quality, efficiency and

effectiveness in the management of public finances, and scrutiny is necessary to ensure

that political leadership and Parliament's administration are held accountable to Union

citizens,

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The European Parliament’s accounts

1. Notes that Parliament's final appropriations for 2014 totalled EUR 1 755 631 742, or

20,13 % of heading V of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) set aside for the

2014 administrative expenditure of the Union institutions as a whole representing a 0,3

% increase over the 2013 budget (EUR 1 750 463 939);

2. Notes that total revenue entered in the accounts as at 31 December 2014 was EUR

174 436 852 (2013: EUR 158 117 371), including EUR 26 979 032 in assigned revenue

(2013: EUR 25 991 783);

3. Recalls that four chapters accounted, in 2014, for 72 % of the total of the commitments:

Chapter 10 (Members of the institution), Chapter 12 (Officials and temporary staff),

Chapter 20 (Buildings and associated costs) and Chapter 42 (Expenditure relating to

parliamentary assistance);

4. Takes note of the figures on the basis of which Parliament's accounts for the financial

year 2014 were closed, namely:

(a) Available appropriations (EUR)

appropriations for 2014: 1 755 631 742

non-automatic carry-overs from financial year 2013: 734 000

automatic carry-overs from financial year 2013: 277 774 604

appropriations corresponding to assigned revenue for 2014: 26 979 032

carry-overs corresponding to assigned revenue from 2013: 106 934 452

Total: 2 168 053 830

(b) Utilisation of appropriations in the financial year 2014 (EUR)

commitments: 2 138 652 789

payments made: 1 742 390 229

appropriations carried forward automatically including those

arising from assigned revenue: 383 988 975

appropriations carried forward non-automatically: 0

appropriations cancelled: 39 918 558

(c) Budgetary receipts (EUR)

received in 2014: 174 436 852

(d) Total balance sheet at 31 December 2014 (EUR) 1 476 824 398

5. Notes that a total of EUR 71 500 000 was transferred from provisional appropriation

headings and from other sources, so as to help fund the annual lease payments for the

Konrad Adenauer Building in Luxembourg and its extension and modernisation;

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remarks that this accounts for 4 % of the final appropriations for 2014;

Court of Auditors' opinions on the reliability of the 2014 accounts and on the legality and

regularity of the underlying transactions

6. Recalls that the Court of Auditors performs a specific assessment of administrative and

other expenditure as a single policy group for all the Union institutions, including the

European Parliament and that overall, audit evidence indicates that spending on

administration is not affected by a material level of error; takes note that checks of

transactions indicate that the estimated level of error present in heading 5 of the MFF on

administration is 0,5 % (down from 1 % in 2013);

7. Recalls that the audit involved an examination of a sample of 129 payment transactions,

including 92 payments of salaries and pensions, related allowances and other staff costs,

14 payments in respect of contracts related to buildings and 23 payments connected

with other expenditure (energy, communication, information technology, etc.); stresses

that out of the 129 transactions audited, 20 (or 15,5 %) were affected by error; takes

note that for the 12 quantifiable errors, the estimated level of error is 0,5 %;

8. Emphasises the Court of Auditors’ recommendation that Parliament reinforce its checks

on the costs reimbursed by European political parties to their affiliated organisations,

develop appropriate rules for European political parties on public procurement and

monitor their application through appropriate checks and better guidance; insists on full

transparency on the expenditure by European political parties and that in future the

competent committee examine and discuss this information in detail in the context of

the ordinary discharge procedure;

The internal auditor's annual report

9. Notes that at the competent committee's meeting with the internal auditor on 25 January

2016, the internal auditor presented his annual report signed 16 July 2015, stating that in

2014, he performed the following audit work on Parliament's administration:

- a transversal follow-up of open actions from internal audit reports - phases I and II

of his work in 2014;

- a consulting assignment on internal management and control procedures in the

Directorate for Democracy Support (DG EXPO);

- a periodic review of the Konrad Adenauer building project - see "Phase 2:

Estimation, reporting and control of project costs of the report";

- an audit of Members' salaries and transitional allowances;

- an audit of the grants process in DG Communication (DG COMM);

- an information systems audit of IT infrastructure and operations - see

"Assignment 1 - first report: Resource optimization and IT continuity";

- an audit of implementation of the Code of Conduct on Multilingualism,

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concerning interpretation services;

10. Emphasises that in his audit of the grants process the internal auditor concludes that

there is significant scope for improving certain management and control procedures and

thus providing more assurance that the grants programme achieves its objectives by:

- ensuring that the multi-annual grants programme is fully aligned with and

supports the objectives of the institution's long-term communication strategy;

- ensuring that the value added by the programme is measured by appropriate

performance indicators and tools;

- concluding agreements with a more limited number of strategic partners capable

of proposing an action plan that would cover the whole period of the partnership

agreement;

- improving the evaluation of proposed projects by defining a common

methodology for their assessment by all evaluation committees;

- improving the financial and operational evaluation of completed projects at the

final payment stage, namely that actions have been realised in accordance with

their initial objectives;

Audit of Parliament's internal control framework

11. Notes that at the end of 2014, after substantial progress, only four actions remained

incomplete out of the 452 internal control framework actions initially agreed; calls on

the internal auditor to keep the Committee on Budgetary Control informed on the

progress achieved on those remaining actions;

Follow-up to the 2013 discharge resolution

12. Takes note of the written answers to its 2013 discharge resolution for the financial year

20131, provided to its Committee on Budgetary Control on 15 October 2015; welcomes

the presentation by the Secretary-General on the various questions and requests made by

Parliament in that resolution and the exchange of views with Members that followed;

13. Notes that there was an inconsistency between the dates of the presentation of the draft

report for the Parliament discharge and the scope for tabling additional questions to the

Secretary-General; urges the Secretary-General to provide answers before the vote in

committee to the questions presented by the rapporteur;

14. Notes that the Secretary-General only replied to the additional questions of the

Members less than 24 hours before the deadline for amendments; urges the Secretary-

General to improve this situation;

1 Resolution of the European Parliament, of 29 April 2015, with observations forming an integral part of its

decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the

financial year 2013, Section I — European Parliament (OJ L 255, 30.9.2015, p. 3).

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15. Notes the reply from the Secretary-General regarding the accessibility of the ePetition

application to Members and to the general public; calls on the Secretary-General to

inform Parliament of the outcome of the Legal Service consultation and to assess the

technical and budgetary cost of expanding the application's accessibility;

16. Recalls that canteen services aim to provide quick restaurant services to Members and

staff; is concerned by the limited space of the canteens in peak periods, in particular

during plenary weeks in Strasbourg; welcomes the availability of the new outdoor space

that will partly address this whenever weather conditions allow; calls on the

administration further to improve the Strasbourg canteen by making a more efficient use

of all available space;

17. Notes that Parliament started applying "fixed price contracts" for catering services;

points out that the budgetary means required for catering services were quite limited,

accounting for only 0,23 % of the annual budget; expects stability in the prices charged

in Parliament catering outlets following the repeated and substantial increases in the

prices of the menus offered;

18. Notes that the new contracts for catering activities in Brussels concluded in 2015 do not

foresee exclusivity for one catering provider any longer; expects that the planned

smaller catering outlets in Brussels will be operated in a manner that includes SMEs and

promotes diversity among the catering providers, to ensure a quality service at an

affordable price;

19. Notes with concern that, as price levels have risen, this has led to unjustified

disadvantageous pricing, especially for assistants, interns and visitors; stresses that the

increases mean that prices in Parliament are now practically equivalent to the ones in

the surrounding restaurants and bars; moreover notes with concern that while the price

has risen, the quality of the food decreased significantly;

20. Considers that the numerous constituency and plenary weeks represent periods during

which the canteens and cafeteria facilities are not fully utilised; suggests that the

agreements with the caterers take into account the option of employing the staff of these

facilities elsewhere during weeks when not all canteens and cafeteria facilities are open;

21. Calls on the administration to evaluate and propose a price scheme that combines the

new rules whilst ensuring the possibility of discounts for interns, with affordable

choices for menus;

22. Is disappointed that the administration is not able to provide data on the variable number

of meals served during the different parliamentary days and weeks; wonders how any

control can be exerted on contract providers if basic information like this is not

available; calls on the administration to make available to the committee responsible the

catering contract which came into force on 26 September 2015 and to provide details of

the meals served;

23. Stresses that the Court of Auditors' report adopted on 11 July 2014 states that the

potential saving for the Union budget would be about EUR 114 million per year if

Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates its call on Parliament and the Council to

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address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as

stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;

Discharge for 2014

24. Acknowledges the quality of the exchange of views between the Vice President

responsible for the budget, the Secretary-General and the Committee on Budgetary

Control in the presence of the Member of the Court of Auditors and the Internal Auditor

on 4 February 2016; welcomes the Secretary-General for his availability and calls for

more frequent opportunities to debate with him in the Committee on Budgetary Control

on matters with an impact on Parliament's budget;

25. Notes the signature of the cooperation agreement with the European Economic and

Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions on 5 February 2014; calls

for specific detailed provisions to be laid down concerning the functioning of the

services shared by the three institutions; stresses that the implementation of the

agreement must be balanced and benefit the three institutions equally; asks that the mid-

term review of the agreement should include an assessment by each institution of the

impact that the agreement is having in terms of human resources, synergies, added

value, and substance, and to provide a detailed breakdown of the savings and/or

increased budgetary expenditure resulting from the agreement, paying particular

attention to staff chapters; asks to continue to be informed of the agreement follow-up;

26. Recalls that a maximum of 80 officials from the EESC and the Committee of the

Regions (from the translation service and assistants) will be transferred to Parliament

under this agreement, who will work for the new European Parliamentary Research

Service (EPRS); takes the view that this transfer should make it possible for

Parliament’s in-house productivity to increase with fewer budgetary means devoted to

outsourcing studies, assessments or evaluations; notes with concern that, up to now, 25

officials from the EESC and 24 officials from the Committee of the Regions have been

transferred to the EPRS, for the most part very near to retirement age, whereby the

EESC and the Committee of the Regions will make significant savings in staff chapters

while Parliament’s budget will increase considerably in the short term (salaries) and in

the medium and long term (pensions);

27. Welcomes the publication of the names of service providers on each Member's home

page, alongside details of the accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants

employed by the Member;

28. Deplores the transfer of responsibilities from the administration to the offices of

Members; calls for a review by and about the administration to check which obligations

(e.g. responsibility for insuring trainees) can be returned to the administration;

29. Stresses the need to make the work of Parliament's internal decision-making bodies, in

particular the Bureau, more transparent and accessible; calls for meeting agendas and

minutes to be published on the internet and forwarded to members systematically and in

good time;

30. Points out that the administrative burden for the offices of Members have also increased

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more generally and requests a rationalisation of the forms that have to be used for

internal parliamentary procedures, such as recruitment of new assistants;

31. Notes that after considerable delay, internal whistleblowing rules have been adopted and

are in force since January 2016; expresses concern at the lack of protection granted to

whistleblowers and calls on Parliament to ensure that their rights are fully respected;

calls on the Bureau to extend internal whistleblowing rules to accredited parliamentary

assistants and calls for equivalent national legislation to be applied to local assistants;

32. Calls for clarification about what form official and unofficial cooperation with OLAF

about Members’ accounts takes; points to the information passed on to third parties in at

least one case; sees this as a breach of independence of Members’ mandates;

33. Notes that it was difficult to differentiate fully the President's political activities from

his preparation as "Spitzenkandidat" to head the Party of European Socialists in the

2014 European elections; considers that an unequivocal distinction has not been made

between the two roles; calls for a clear segregation of office holders' functions and

candidacies for European election campaigns; regrets the at least indirect use of

Parliament staff to help prepare the campaign and calls for action to ensure that it does

not happen again in future; regrets in this regard that the President transformed the

Twitter profile of the European Parliament Presidency into his personal profile and used

it during the campaign;

34. Mandates EPRS to conduct a comparative analysis of the legal framework governing

the compatibilities of candidates who run for election campaigns in other international

organisations and in the Member States (election of Prime minister, Secretary General,

Chancellor, etc.);

35. Welcomes the delivered list of the missions undertaken by the President in the first six

months of the election year in answer to the questionnaire concerning the 2014

discharge; would like to request additional information on the transportation used by the

President from Brussels to these meetings and whether private flights were also

chartered;

36. Notes that in the period from 22 January to 18 April, the official international missions

undertaken by the President were mostly with government and official representations

attached to socialist parties and organisations; calls for further information in this

regard;

37. Requests further information on the campaigns of all "Spitzenkandidaten", in particular

whether they were accompanied by officials and other statutory staff not on leave

during the election campaign; welcomes the complementary information given by the

President and requests the same level of transparency from the other candidates;

38. Recalls its discharge resolution for the financial year 20121, in which detailed

1 Resolution of the European Parliament, of 16 April 2014, with observations forming an integral part of its

Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the

financial year 2012, Section I — European Parliament (OJ L 266, 5.9.2014, p. 3).

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information was called for "on how the President, as a politically neutral figure, has

kept his duties in office separate from his preparations to head the Socialists and

Democrats' list in the European elections, in particular with regard to the staff in his

cabinet and in Parliament's information offices and to travel expenses"(par. 51);

General expenditure allowance (GEA)

39. Recalls that the GEA is intended to cover expenditure in the Member State of election,

such as a Members' office rent, equipment, supplies, documentation or logistical

organisation of events; takes note that a comprehensive system of control of the

Member's parliamentary mandate allowance would represent 40 to 75 new

administrative posts, which would go against the staff reduction scheme;

40. Supports the need for more transparency as regards the GEA; urges the Bureau to revise

the list of expenses which may be defrayed from the GEA;

41. Reiterates the appeal for greater transparency regarding the GEA for the Members; calls

on the Bureau to work on a definition of more precise rules regarding the accountability

of the expenditure authorised under this allowance, without generating additional costs

and administrative burden for Members;

Management of the subsidy scheme for visitors' groups

42. Welcomes a better alignment of Parliament's subsidies to visitors' groups with the real

costs incurred in this regard; is deeply worried, however, that this is the single critical

action identified by the Parliament's internal auditor;

43. Is concerned that funding for visitor's groups in 2014 is still being paid mostly in cash:

expenditure of EUR 24 593 928,16 in 2013 was paid 73,14 % in cash and 26,86 % by

bank transfer, while expenditure of EUR 22 281 749,46 in 2014 was paid 71,15 % in

cash and 28,85 % by bank transfer;

44. Notes the Court of Auditors' finding in its landscape review of the financial

management of the Union budget that the practice of making cash payments for the

reimbursement of costs to visitor groups was a "high risk concern"; demands therefore

that cash payments be limited as far as possible when reimbursing costs to visitor

groups; points out the high reputational risk for Parliament and the significant security

risk entailed in making cash payments to visitor groups; acknowledges the practical

concerns and calls for an evaluation of alternative and efficient methods to making

payments before adopting new rules governing the reception of visitors' groups;

Transparency register and conflicts of interest

45. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has started a public consultation procedure in

respect of the revision of the current transparency register of the Commission and

Parliament and its extension to the Council; requests that immediately after the public

consultation an inter-institutional working group be set up for preparing proposals

concerning the revision of the register, the accompanying code of conduct, and the

functioning thereto;

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46. Calls additionally for a report by Parliament's administration on which former

managers, CEOs, directors and board members in relevant European NGOs are now

Members of the Parliament;

47. Calls for a report by Parliament's administration on the use of the Parliament's premises

by interest groups and other external organisations; calls on the Bureau to examine the

compatibility of these events with parliamentary work whilst ensuring that Parliament

remains an institution open to exchange with civil society and to public debate;

48. Recalls the obligation on Members to inform the administration immediately of any

change in their declarations of interests; regrets that the CVs and declarations of

interests of the Members elected in 2014 were uploaded to Parliament's website very

late;

49. Strongly believes that Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for Members should be

rephrased to include a clear ban on Members holding additional jobs or other paid work;

Directorate-General for Internal Policies and Directorate-General for External Policies

50. Notes that the costs of delegations, joint parliamentary assemblies, ad hoc delegations

and election observation missions outside the Union in 2014 were curbed from EUR 5

794 360 (2013) to 1 351 212 (2014) following the remarks made by Parliament in its

above-mentioned discharge resolution for the financial year 2013 and as a result of a

reduction in duty travel during the changeover from one parliamentary term to the next,

when there were no delegation visits for several months; criticises the fact, nonetheless,

that some of Parliament's missions were excessively expensive, especially where distant

destinations were concerned; expects those costs to be further explained and reduced in

the near future and calls for details of the cost of each mission to be published in the

annual activity report;

51. Believes that thought should be given to how IT tools such as videoconferencing might

be used to reduce the number of delegation visits;

52. Calls for the websites of the interparliamentary delegations to be developed and

supplied with content as a matter of urgency; also considers it vital that, budget

permitting, public meetings of the delegations should be broadcast live via

webstreaming, as parliamentary committee meetings are;

Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services

53. Recalls that the new Members' research service began to provide a dedicated research

capability for individual Members through briefing publications across all major policy

fields; points out that in its first full year of activity the research service generated over

450 publications, responded to 1 675 requests for research from Members and dealt with

745 similar requests from Parliament’s other clients; notes that this facility grants access

to a large amount of pertinent information that should significantly reduce recourse to

external expertise, representing a considerable saving; calls for all briefings on topics in

key areas to be translated into the official languages of the Member States;

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54. Requests clearer definition of the tasks of the various service areas (research service,

impact assessment) and that these areas of responsibility be made known to Members;

55. Requests that the Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Unit improve its visibility with respect to

the excellent services the unit is able to provide to committee members and rapporteurs

and to their rules of engagement via email; encourages the pursuit of training sessions

for advisors and assistants to Members; demands a substantial improvement in the staff

resources available in this area, as this will contribute significantly to enabling the

Parliament to participate as an equal partner in the decision-making process;

56. Welcomes the fact that there have so far been no complaints regarding one-sided impact

assessments and calls on the unit to continue to ensure neutrality in this connection;

57. Urges DG EPRS to further differentiate its publications from the official positions of

Parliament to avoid confusion in the public and media; welcomes the introduction of the

disclaimer in all publications; calls on DG EPRS to make it more visible and not only

on the back page, and to introduce additional features for an easy distinction with the

official adopted positions of Parliament;

Directorate-General for Communication

58. Notes that VoteWatch received two grants (EUR 149 172 in 2012 and EUR 350 000 in

2013) for the co-financing of specific projects related to the European elections;

requests an added value assessment of those projects;

59. Is concerned at the lack of actual results from Parliament's communication activities,

considering the ever decreasing turn-out during European elections, as well as the

general lack of knowledge in society about the role of Parliament and its activities;

60. Criticises the presentation of statistical data on explanations of vote, speeches in

plenary, parliamentary questions, amendments, motions for resolutions, written

questions to the President of the European Council, the Council, the Commission or the

Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs

and Security Policy on the Parliament website, which appear designed to prove which

Members of the Parliament are supposedly "active" on platforms such as MEPRanking;

calls on Parliament to stop providing the raw numbers in a statistical form and to take

into account more suitable criteria to identify a Member as "active";

61. Notes that DG COMM is extremely vocal in calling for a reduction in expenditure and a

greater stress on efficiency; calls for greater emphasis on the effective rather than costly

deployment of information and communication technologies (ICT); notes that despite

the large sums spent on the Parliament website, it remains complex, difficult to navigate

and fails to generate the desired visibility; advises a review of the marketing strategy;

stresses that a transparent and accessible website is key to the involvement of citizens;

62. Calls for a new and efficient Parliament website search engine, which provides both

strong search engine optimisation and a fully comprehensive search engine results page

alongside a dedicated effort to enhance access to the site by means of improved

keyword recognition; recommends intense inter-institutional cooperation to connect all

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the website databases of Union institutions; notes that this will ensure greater

transparency of Union activities for all citizens;

House of European History

63. Is disappointed to learn that the works on the Eastman Building, which will provide the

premises for the House of European History, has continued to accumulate delays; calls

for a communications plan/ promotion and website projects/ marketing plan that will

detail how the House of European History is to achieve the desired level of impact;

64. Recalls that the works should have been completed by the end of 2014; expects the

initially agreed global budget for the construction of the project to be respected, despite

the delays, and the first exhibition to open at the end of 2016;

65. Calls for a strict separation with the contents of information provided in the already-

existing Parlamentarium; warns again of the risk of overly high subsequent costs, which

are by no means proportionate to the commission of the facility;

European Parliament Visitors’ Centre

66. Welcomes the fact that the Parlamentarium is one of the most visited tourist attractions

in Brussels and received 340 500 visitors in 2014 (in 2013 it was 337 000 visitors);

stresses the importance of informing the Belgian authorities of those figures and the

benefits therein;

67. Is concerned that the budget line for the European Parliament Visitors’ Centre increased

by 24 % over the previous year in comparison with the visitors increase which was only

1 %;

68. Recommends that the Member State in which the Parliamentarium facilities are

established partly finance their establishment and running costs;

Lux Prize

69. Criticises the total cost of the LUX Prize, which reached EUR 585 311 in 2014 (2013:

EUR 448 000; 2012: EUR 434 421); deeply regrets the fact that the results of a survey

on awareness and impact of the LUX-Prize, requested in the 2013 discharge report, is

not yet available; calls for the results of this study to be available to the public by mid-

May 2016 and an official presentation of the results to be made to its Committee on

Budgetary Control;

70. Calls for a careful consideration, based on the study of the impact of the LUX Prize, if

the continuation of the LUX Prize is worth the expenditure;

Directorate-General for Personnel

71. Takes note that in 2014, 309 officials and other temporary staff were recruited to the

Secretariat and 8 temporary staff to the political groups; takes note that, as at 31

December 2014, a total of 6 040 officials and temporary staff were employed within

Parliament (5 295 in the Secretariat and 745 in the political groups); stresses that, for

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2013, those figures were, respectively: 6 105 (total), 5 308 (Secretariat) and 797

(political groups);

72. Asks for clearer qualification requirements for staff particularly in sensitive functions

such as, for instance, in the committee secretariats or the department for ex ante impact

assessments; requests the review of specific requirements with respect to staff's

ideological and political neutrality; requests that Parliament be presented with criteria

for staff selection;

73. Points out that 114 former interim staff members for the Strasbourg plenary sessions

were recruited in 2014 by Parliament as contract agents; underlines that the judgement

by a French court on these "intérimaires" in itself cannot justify the decision to recruit

them under the staff regulations;

74. Stresses that in the context of the 2014 revision of the staff regulations and the current

MFF as at 1st January 2014, 67 posts (66 permanent and 1 temporary) had been deleted

from the establishment plan in order to achieve the reduction of 5 % of the number of

posts over the period from 2013 to 2017, excluding political groups;

75. Points out that the increase in working hours from 37,5 to 40 hours a week under the

revision of the staff regulations is the equivalent of over 350 extra posts and that this

virtually offsets the staff cuts of 5 % over several years agreed as part of the reform of

the staff regulations; calls on Parliament to present a transparent report with annual

indications of planned reductions in posts and to take account of the increase in working

time in so doing;

76. Notes that the proportion of female officials remains very high and had risen to 59,2 %

at the end of 2014, compared to 58,8 % at the end of 2013; is concerned at the lack of

parity in the administration, where only 30 % of heads of unit, 34 % of directors and

18,2 % of directors-general are women; calls for an equal opportunities programme to

be introduced, in particular for managerial posts, with a view to redressing this

imbalance as quickly as possible; recalls that 1 out of 8 directors and 9 out of 31 heads

of unit who were recruited in 2014 were women; is of the opinion that the recruitment

procedure should be balanced; reiterates its call for the need of a more balanced

representation of women in senior managerial positions;

77. Regrets the fact that Parliament has not yet published information on an annual basis

about senior officials who have left Parliament's administration, as well as a list of the

cases of potential conflicts of interest that have been addressed, as required by Article

16, paragraph 4 of the Staff Regulations;

78. Takes note that at the end of 2014 there were 1 686 (2013: 1763) accredited

parliamentary assistants (APAs) working at Parliament and 4 453 local assistants had an

employment contract with a Member;

79. Voices its concern at the fact that the number of local assistants employed varies widely

from Member to Member, ranging from 0 to 46 in 2014 as against 0 to 43 in 2013; draws

attention to the fact that 91 Members employed more than 10 assistants in 2014 as against

84 in 2013;

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80. Welcomes the fact that the Bureau adopted on 26 October 2015 a new set of rules for

the management of the parliamentary assistance allowances, reinforcing the

requirements for the reimbursement of local assistant contracts, namely by earmarking

at least 25 % of the parliamentary assistance allowance to cover expenditure on

accredited assistants;

81. Notes that APAs made up 26,7 % of Parliament staff at the end of 2014; recalls that the

contracts of some 1 700 APAs employed during the seventh parliamentary term came to

an end in July 2014 and a major operation undertaken by the Directorate-General for

Personnel for the recruitment of 1 686 APAs was drawn up before the end of 2014 to

work with Members during the eighth parliamentary term;

82. Emphasises that subsistence allowances received by APAs travelling to Strasbourg are

at least 21 % lower than those of other staff; deplores the fact that the Bureau has not

responded to the request made by Parliament in paragraph 74 of its resolution of 29

April 2015; calls once again on the Bureau to take the necessary measures to remedy

this inequality and bring APAs’ allowances into line with those of other staff;

83. Deplores the fact that the Bureau has failed to take any action at all in response to

paragraph 71 of Parliament’s resolution of 29 April 2015; calls on the Bureau to take

the necessary measures as a matter of urgency to ensure that the composition of the

advisory committee on harassment and its prevention at the workplace responsible for

APAs is balanced and that it includes at least two representatives of the APAs;

84. Notes with satisfaction the measures taken to organise the management of APAs'

contracts in view of the start of the new parliamentary term, and in particular the smooth

operation of the APA People application; considers, however, that more administrative

staff should have been assigned to APAs' recruitment in certain areas to ensure greater

speed and efficiency; points out that staffing and technical resources were insufficient to

avoid delays in the signing of contracts for some assistants, interruption of contracts,

and delays in the calculation of expenses and other allowances, and hence in the

payment of salaries; acknowledges nevertheless that the process has improved

significantly compared to 2009, while also noting that Parliament must persevere in its

efforts to increase the speed and efficiency of its recruitment procedures;

85. Calls on the Secretary-General and the Bureau to look into and resolve problems arising

from possible maladministration by the institution in relation to APAs, for example

delays in signing contracts at the beginning of the parliamentary term, interruption of

contracts, the implications of early European Parliament elections for minimum

contribution periods, etc., and for APAs' representatives to be involved in the search for

solutions;

86. Notes the progress made in adapting training courses to the specific needs of APAs;

nevertheless considers it vital to make further progress in this direction, in particular as

regards specific training, tailored timetables and intensive language courses, which are

organised only during periods when most APAs have to take their annual leave; calls for

account to be taken of the specific circumstances of APAs with regard to the timing of

activities organised to increase well-being at work (mindfulness), lunchtime

conferences, etc.;

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87. Asks that, in the interests of transparency, Parliament’s annual report cover activities

organised and financed by the Staff Committee from the institution’s budget, detailing the

types of activity, the expenses incurred and compliance with sound financial management;

88. Asks to be given the findings of the assessment of the APA People application for

recruiting APAs that was introduced at the beginning of the present parliamentary term;

Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics

89. Emphasises that the new medium-term buildings strategy will involve efforts to find

new premises to meet Parliament’s needs within a set perimeter close to the main

buildings; stresses that the multiannual planning for renovation works should be based

on realistic and detailed forecasts both with respect to their financial parameters and

timescales; recalls that Parliament owns 81 % of all surface area it occupies and that the

budget needs to be protected against the renovation costs for ageing buildings in what

will be a major challenge facing Parliament in the coming years;

90. Points out that at its three places of work Parliament occupies premises with a total floor

area of 1,1 million m2; considers it of the utmost importance to establish measures to

ensure that Parliament's buildings remain sustainable in the face of increasing

maintenance costs;

91. Insists on absolute prudence before committing to new acquisitions or rentals and the

need for regular monitoring and adjustment of the strategic accommodation plan,

considers that concepts in the strategic execution framework should also provide the

opportunity for the Parliament to reduce the need for new buildings as it drives the

organisation to a greater focus on results and staff work-life balance; points out that

commonly available technologies and practices such as teleworking could also

contribute to a more efficient use of time and a more environmentally-friendly

Parliament;

92. Notes that since June 2014, some 1000 staff from DGs IPOL, EXPO and EPRS moved

in to the Square de Meeûs building; recalls that this move was the first key stage in the

process of making additional space available to Members in Parliament’s main

buildings; wishes to be informed of Parliament's next steps, with a concrete timeline for

when additional offices will be made available;

93. Calls on the administration to arrange facilities in the main Parliament buildings for the

staff working in the Square de Meeûs, including a room to consult restricted access

documents for Members;

94. Regrets that a cooperation agreement between Parliament and the Commission on joint

management of Europe Houses was still not possible; urges the two institutions to find a

mutually acceptable agreement setting out a framework for purchasing or leasing

property and to simplify the administrative and financial procedures for the Europe

Houses' day-to-day management; calls for the political hierarchy to intervene, if

necessary;

95. Deems overdue a renovation of the Paul-Henri Spaak building, including an extension

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of the building and an expansion of the seminar rooms for visitors and offices spaces for

Members of the Parliament; supports the administration's planning, but stresses that it

must be conducted on the basis of the current number of Members and not on the

numbers in a possible - and unrealistic - enlargement of the Union;

96. Demands concrete planning and cost projections for the renovation works; urges greater

transparency and the participation of individual Members in decisions that have a

decisive bearing on administrative and financial aspects of the institution; deems

insufficient the information given and prior agreements concluded at the level of the

Conference of Presidents and the Bureau; requests that all strategic documents on the

organisation and future development of Parliament be distributed to all its Members;

97. Is concerned about the proposal to bring the drivers' service in-house and the resulting

additional costs, which will mean an increase of more than 50 % in 2017 compared to

2016;

Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences and Directorate-General for

Translation

98. Notes that the calculation done by the Parliament shows that the average number of

hours per week that staff interpreters spent in their booths in 2014 delivering

interpretation services was 10,7 hours/week; notes however that the hours in the booth

represent only a part of the interpreters´ work, which also consists of meeting

preparation, language learning and maintenance, on-call duty, subject-based and other

specialised training; calls on the Secretary-General to provide indicators that measure

all activities performed by the interpreters; deplores the spread in the delivery of

interpretation assignments by individual interpreters between 6 and 16 hours per week

on an annual average, leading to an unequal workload for interpreters; acknowledges

that due to the elections, 2014 was not a typical year as concerns the volume of

parliamentary activity;

99. Notes with concern that in 2014 75 % of the staff of the Portuguese interpreting service,

59 % of the French interpreting service and 57 % of the staff of the Spanish interpreting

service were in salary grades AD /11/12/13 and that this on average leads to very high

hourly wages for interpretation compared to the work done by freelancers;

100. Notes with concern that the calculation method with regard to statistics has not been

clarified and calls on the administration to better communicate its processes on the

relevant representatives of the interpreters;

101. Calls on the administration to exclude leave and sick leave when calculating the average

number of hours spent by interpreters in the booth;

102. Reiterates the importance of multilingualism for the democratic legitimacy of the

institution; welcomes the fact that as a result of the resource-efficient multilingualism

policy adopted by the Bureau in 2011 and of subsequent organisational reforms, savings

in expenditure on the budget lines dedicated to interpretation have been achieved;

requests that the working conditions should contain safeguards designed to protect both

quality of interpretation and interpreters' health; while also addressing the needs

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resulting from the changed patterns of Parliamentary work and an efficient use of

resources; calls on the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in working closely with

the interpreters;

103. Insists that efficiency gains are still possible in the supply of interpretation, notably by

enhancing the efficiency of a service currently hampered by rules dating from 2005 that

are no longer compatible with the current meeting patterns of the institution; requests an

examination of whether efficiency gains can also be achieved in the administrative

support units of DG INTE;

104. Requests a review to evaluate whether an appropriate number of internal interpreters is

also guaranteed during the core business days of Parliament;

105. Calls on the Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences to take all the

necessary management measures to improve the IT tools and technical support for

interpreters to match those of the Commission, to increase productivity in terms of

interpretation assignments, to realign interpretation workloads of individual interpreters,

to ensure that staff interpreters are present and available during Parliament's core

business days, whilst fully respecting their social rights; finally requests the Secretary-

General to present a new concept with the aim of an efficient and cost effective use of

staff, the concept should also be based on an agreement with the interpreters;

106. Takes the view that improving the provision of interpreting services, in particular

together with the Commission within the framework of institutional cooperation, would

help ensure that these services are used more efficiently;

Directorate-General for Finance

Travel agency

107. Welcomes that DG FINS's instructions to the travel agency to look for best prices are

being implemented effectively; further encourages the travel agency to intensify

comparison and try to reach agreements with major airlines for more flexibility and

more economical prices while ensuring the possibility to have modifications and

cancellations to travel arrangements; calls on the travel agency to actively seek less

expensive tickets and offers when booking and, in general, to offer more competitive

prices taking all airlines into consideration; calls DG FINS to elaborate a survey among

users on the level of service satisfaction with the travel agency in order to identify

further areas of improvement;

108. Takes note of the difficulties of dealing with requests of travel arrangements for an

institution of the size and duties of Parliament and with the particularities (flexibility,

last minute cancellations) inherent to the nature of its work;

109. Calls DG FINS in close cooperation with DG SAFE and DG COMM to re-evaluate

contingency plans for emergency situations to better address new security threats, in

particular for missions between the different sites of the institution;

Voluntary pension fund

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110. Notes that the voluntary pension fund increased its estimated actuarial deficit, calculated

on the basis of the assets of the fund, to EUR 270,3 million at the end of 2014 (in 2013:

EUR 207,9 million); stresses that this raises concerns about the premature dissipation of

the fund's capital;

111. Points out that the fund's projected future liabilities are spread over several decades;

calls on the Bureau to consider options to improve the liquidity of the fund;

112. Calls for the results of the external assessment requested by Parliament in its above-

mentioned discharge resolution for the financial year 2013 to be delivered without

further delay; identifies the board of the voluntary pension fund as primarily responsible

for the extent of the fund’s deficit; calls for a sole concept for the private pension fund,

to decrease the liabilities of this fund; calls on the Bureau to make a proposal for a

comprehensive action plan to address Parliament's responsibilities immediately after the

reception of the external assessment; estimates it necessary to decrease the retirement

benefits for the participant members of the fund;

113. Calls on the Bureau to make an assessment of the current situation of the pension fund

as soon as possible;

Parliamentary assistance

114. Welcomes the new, stricter rules applying to local assistants and service providers;

notes that some of the points of the new rules remain vague and are a source of

misinterpretation; calls on further clarification of these points, especially with regard to

side activities of local assistants and service providers; stresses that both groups should

be under very strict scrutiny;

115. Welcomes the creation of the Members´ e-Portal; considers this to be a cost-efficient

and effective tool for review of finances in line with the paperless policy pursued by

Parliament; calls on the DG FINS to actively promote its usage amongst all MEPs;

Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support

116. Notes that Parliament's information security policy requires a coordinated and

harmonised corporate security strategy;

117. Calls for stronger information security systems for protecting information from

unauthorised access whilst ensuring disclosure, as well as from disruption, modification

or destruction, in order to provide integrity, confidentiality and availability;

118. Takes note that an external ICT audit was carried out by an independent third party as

requested during the 2013 discharge; further notes that the objective of this audit was to

assess Parliament’s ICT security capabilities and its systems’ potential exposure to

cyber threats, with a view to developing an ICT security improvement plan including a

suggested roadmap to enhance Parliament’s global security level; calls for a

cybersecurity regulation to guarantee that Parliament be able to protect its information

systems effectively and ensure the safety and security of Members in the face of

cyberattacks;

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119. Is concerned that the assessment of Parliament’s ICT security organisation, maturity and

capabilities carried out according to the ISO 27002:2013 standards and international

best practices showed a relatively weak level of maturity of organisational security;

120. Calls for regular stress-testing of the Parliament's security systems in the domain of

ICT;

121. Notes that the Bureau adopted an ICT systems security policy in its meeting on 7

September 2015; stresses the urgency of implementing a considerably more robust ICT

security policy in line with Parliament's roadmap for a global information security

strategy;

122. Criticises the conversion of the Twitter official account of the ―President of the

European Parliament‖ into a personal campaign vehicle leading to a party website;

Directorate-General for Security and Safety

123. Takes note that the internalisation of security services was completed in Brussels on

December 2014 and in Strasbourg on 1 July 2015 following the adoption of a global

security concept; stresses that further security measures and an urgent revision of the

global security concept as adopted by the Bureau in 2011 should take place in view of

the recent security context;

124. Expresses concern with regard to the different approaches taken by the Brussels and

Strasbourg authorities concerning the security of parliamentary premises; considers it

indispensable to work closely with the Belgian, French and Luxembourg authorities to

enhance the security perimeter around the Parliament's buildings;

125. Calls for effective screening of all security staff with a view to ensuring their aptitude

for the completion of their tasks in terms both of reliability and levels of professional

competence;

126. Insists that reinforcing the security of the Parliament's buildings and their immediate

surroundings be given the highest priority; considers it necessary to ensure appropriate

equipment and working conditions for security staff in view of the current security

situation;

127. Calls for a revision of building security measures and for greater control at the entrance

to the Parliament’s carparks by means of automatic number plate recognition; demands

the implementation of a central external control point to check all outside providers

entering the Parliament’s buildings;

128. Recalls the incidents regarding thefts occurring in MEP's offices; calls on DG INLO and

DG SAFE to ensure greater security and transparency in regard to contractors and

maintenance staff having access to offices;

129. Considers it fundamental to have robust pre-employment screening, binding procedures

regulating the departure of staff, appropriate security management structures and

adequate crisis management training;

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130. Recalls the incident on 7 of October 2014 involving Kurdish protesters; calls for a

comprehensive and confidential assessment of the Parliament's security services to be

performed; welcomes, as a first step, that a high-level group comprising representatives

of the Parliament, the Commission, the Council and the Belgian state has been

established to enhance cooperation in the security domain; calls for further cooperation

with national and international security services;

131. Insists on the need for greater levels of cooperation between DG SAFE and DG ITEC,

with a view to ensuring the appropriate level of protection of information and

communication in the Parliament;

Environment-friendly Parliament

132. Welcomes the encouraging findings of the audit carried out in 2013 and 2014 by the

Court of Auditors, which stated that, of the 14 European institutions audited, Parliament

had the most ambitious strategy for cutting carbon emissions;

133. Draws attention to the fact that video conferencing and teleworking can help to ensure

more efficient use of time in a more environment-friendly Parliament, and at the same

time to reduce administrative and travel costs;

Green public procurement and EMAS

134. Calls on the Secretary-General to design a plan to reduce the number of trunks available

for parliamentary travels; suggests that a "canteen on demand system" or a "canteen

sharing system" be introduced, thus reducing the costs in financial and carbon footprint

terms;

135. Welcomes additional measures to offset unavoidable emissions; calls on Parliament to

develop further CO2 offsetting policies, such as the possibility of offsetting for

accredited parliamentary assistants;

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Political groups (budget item 4 0 0)

136. Notes that in 2014, the appropriations entered under budget item 4 0 0, attributed to the political groups and non-attached Members, were used

as follows:

Group

2014 first half-year 2014 second half-year

Annual

appropriations

Own resources

and carried-

over

appropriations*

Expenditure

Rate of use of

annual

appropriations

Amounts

carried over

to next

period

Annual

appropriations

Own

resources and

carried-over

appropriations

Expenditure

Rate of use of

annual

appropriations

Amounts

carried

over to

next

period

(2015)

EPP 11 147 7 813 11 311 101 % 7 649 8 772 7 744 6 485 74 % 9 960

S&D 7 956 4 619 8 415 106 % 4 160 7 663 4 194 6 435 84 % 5422

ECR 2 128 1 053 2 731 128 % 450 2 886 457 1 745 60 % 1598

ALDE 3 401 1 759 3 644 107 % 1 516 2 813 1 531 1 847 66 % 2498

GUE/NGL 1 374 417 1 519 111 % 272 2 153 272 1 170 54 % 1255

Greens/EFA 2 211 1 388 2 689 122 % 911 2 081 912 1 707 82 % 2 146

EFDD 1 229 1 137 1 544 126 % 822 2 002 827 1 164 58 % 1287

Non-

attached

Members

753 441 715 95 % 92 1 238 92 566 46 % 533

Total 30 200 18 626 32 567 15 872 29 608 16 030 21 118 29 442

* all amounts in thousands EUR

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European political parties and European political foundations

137. Notes that in 2014 the appropriations entered under budget item 4 0 2 were used as

follows1:

Party Abbreviation Own

resources* EP grant

Total

revenue2

EP grant as

% of

eligible

expenditure

(max. 85 %)

Revenue

surplus

(transfer to

reserves) or

loss

European People's

Party EPP 2.126 9.327 13.605 85% 345

Party of European

Socialists PES 1.083 5.297 7.864 85% 78

Alliance of Liberals

and Democrats for

Europe Party

ALDE 759 2.813 3.582 85% 173

European Green

Party EGP 575 1.918 2.493 84% 50

Alliance of

European

Conservatives and

Reformists

AECR 373 1.943 2.376 85% 0

Party of the

European Left EL 282 1.219 1.501 85% 54

European

Democratic Party EDP/PDE 123 565 730 85% 13

EUDemocrats EUD 49 274 340 85% 0

European Free

Alliance EFA 126 526 708 85% 0

European Christian

Political Movement ECPM 73 388 475 85% 4

European Alliance

for Freedom EAF 93 521 614 84% -3

European Alliance

of National

Movements

AEMN 117 363 480 85% 37

Movement for a

Europe of Liberties

and Democracy

MELD 124 635 941 85% 5

Total 5.903 25.789 35.709 85% 756

(*) all amounts in thousands EUR

1 Source: PV BUR. 20.10.2014 (PE 538.295/BUR) and PV BUR. 20.10.2014 (PE 538.297/BUR) point 12.

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138. Notes that in 2014 the appropriations entered under budget item 4 0 3 were used as

follows1:

Foundation Abbreviation Affiliated

to party

Own

resources* EP grant

Total

revenue

EP grant as %

of eligible

expenditure

(max. 85 %)

Wilfried Martens

Centre for

European Studies

WMCES EPP 831 4.203 5.034 85%

Foundation for

European

Progressive Studies

FEPS PES 636 3.087 3.723 85%

European Liberal

Forum ELF ALDE 169 941 1.110 85%

Green European

Foundation GEF EGP 174 914 1.088 85%

Transform Europe TE EL 111 587 698 85%

Institute of

European

Democrats

IED PDE 43 265 308 85%

Centre Maurits

Coppieters CMC EFA 48 216 264 85%

New Direction -

Foundation for

European Reform

ND AECR 195 915 1.110 85%

European

Foundation for

Freedom

EFF EAF 45 244 289 85%

Organisation For

European Interstate

Cooperation

OEIC EUD 21 135 156 85%

Christian Political

Foundation for

Europe

CPFE ECPM 37 187 224 85%

Foundation for a

Europe of Liberties

and Democracy

FELD MELD 62 271 333 85%

Identités &

Traditions

européennes

ITE AEMN 42 174 216 85%

Total 2.414 12.139 14.553 85%

(*) all amounts in thousands EUR. - 2.229 11.325 13.554 85%

1 Source: PV BUR. 20.10.2014 (PE 538.295/BUR) and PV BUR. 20.10.2014 (PE 538.297/BUR) point 12.

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RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted 7.4.2016

Result of final vote +:

–:

0:

21

6

0

Members present for the final vote Louis Aliot, Jonathan Arnott, Inés Ayala Sender, Dennis de Jong,

Martina Dlabajová, Ingeborg Gräßle, Bogusław Liberadzki, Monica

Macovei, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Petri Sarvamaa, Claudia

Schmidt, Bart Staes, Michael Theurer, Marco Valli, Anders Primdahl

Vistisen, Joachim Zeller

Substitutes present for the final vote Richard Ashworth, Benedek Jávor, Andrey Novakov, Markus Pieper,

Julia Pitera, Miroslav Poche, Patricija Šulin

Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present

for the final vote

Reimer Böge, Luke Ming Flanagan, Arne Gericke, Siôn Simon, Róża

Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu